Cannes 2016: Palme d'Or to Ken Loach

The English director wins with “I, Daniel Black”, the story of a fifty-year-old carpenter who falls ill, needs help from the state and on his way crosses a single mother who is also forced to seek public support – “The world is in a dangerous situation, we are almost at the catastrophe and this happens because of the neoliberal system”

Ten years after his triumph with "The wind that caresses the grass", Ken Loach won the Palme d'Or for the second time at the Cannes Film Festival. This time the award goes to the film "I, Daniel Black", the story of a fifty-year-old carpenter who falls ill, needs help from the state and crosses his path with a single mother who is also forced to seek public support.

“Another world is possible and necessary – said the director as he collected the award -. Today more than ever, cinema needs to protest against the powerful. I hope this tradition continues. The Festival is important for the future of cinema. The characters in my film live in the fifth largest country in the world and are poor. The world is in a dangerous situation, we are almost at catastrophe and this is happening because of the neoliberal system".

ALL AWARDS:

Best Actor: Shahab Hosseini for Asghar Farhadi's Le Client;

best actress: Jaclyn Jose for Ma' Rosa by Brillante Mendoza;

Best Screenplay: Ashgar Farhadi for Le Client;

best director: ex aequo to Olivier Assayas for Personal Shopper and Cristian Mungiu for Bacalaureat;

Jury Grand Prix: to Xavier Dolan for Juste la fin du monde;

Camera d'Or for best first film: Divines by Houda Benyamina;

best short film: TimeCode by the Spanish director Juanjo Giménez.